On a bitterly cold day in 1904, the Deravenel family''s future changes for ever. When Cecily Deravenel tells her 18-year-old son Edward of the death of his father, brother and cousins in a fire, a part of him dies as well. Edward is comforted by his cousin Neville Watkins, who is suspicious of the deaths. The two men vow to seek the truth, avenge the deaths and take control of the business empire usurped sixty years before. And so begins an epic saga about an astonishing family, set in extraordinary times. Handsome, charismatic and a notorious womaniser, Edward battles his cousin, Henry Grant, for control of the family empire. Elizabeth Wyland, a young widow and a great beauty, stands by his side, and they are secretly married. She is power hungry, and ambitious. But Edward also has a mistress: Jane Shaw, a constant in his life. And as Elizabeth''s jealousy damages their marriage, Edward''s only solace is Bess, his brilliant first born. Edward''s position as the glamorous head of the Deravenels is fatally rocked when betrayal comes from within. Soon, catastrophe threatens to destroy the family and the business?Power and money, passion and adultery, ambittion and treachery ? all illuminate a dramatic saga set against the backdrop of the Edwardian Era and the Belle Epoque, just before the First World War.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780312948771
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 540
Tiempo de lectura:
11h 12m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 03/05/2007
Año de edición: 2007
Plaza de edición: London
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORT
Barbara Taylor Bradford nació en Leeds y a los veintiún años empezó a trabajar como editora y columnista en Londres. Su primera novela, Toda una mujer, se convirtió en un auténtico bestseller y desde entonces ha publicado más de veinte títulos. Sus libros han vendido más de setenta y cinco millones de ejemplares en más de noventa países y cuarenta idiomas, y han inspirado diez miniseries y películas de televisión.